PubliCola has a poll with some encouraging results for Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. Despite some early miscues, most people are still undecided about his performance. And of those willing to say one way or another, most have a favorable impression of him.
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An attempt to block the release of the names of people who signed petitions hoping to negate an expansion of gay rights in Washington is a direct challenge to the state’s Public Records Act and people who attach their names to initiatives and referendum have no right to privacy, lawyers for the state argued in a brief filed Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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A Research 2000 poll shows Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., with an 11 point lead over two-time Republican gubernatorial nominee Dino Rossi, who is being courted to challenge the three-term Democratic incumbent.
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